My Sharona | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: Drums :|| x4
||: G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) :||
Verse 1
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) |
Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one. When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) |
Ooh you make my motor run, my motor run. Gun it comin’ off the line Sharona.
Bridge 1
| G5 | G5 |
Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a dirty mind.
| Bb5 | Bb5 |
Always get it up for the touch of the younger kind.
| C Eb | Eb F |
My my my i yi woo.
Chorus 1
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) |
M M M My Sharona.
Verse 2
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) |
Come a little closer huh, ah will ya huh. Close enough to look in my eyes, Sharona.
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) |
Keeping it a mystery, gets to me. Running down the length of my thighs, Sharona.
Bridge 2
| G5 | G5 |
Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a dirty mind.
| Bb5 | Bb5 |
Always get it up for the touch of the younger kind.
| C Eb | Eb F |
My my my i yi woo.
Chorus 2
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | G5 |
M M M My Sharona. M M M My Sharona.
Solo 1
||: Csus4 C Ebadd9 | Ebadd9 Eb F Eb F | G5 | G5 :|| x3
| Csus4 C Ebadd9 | Ebadd9 Eb F Eb F | D5 | D5 (F#) |
Instrumental 1
||: G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) :||
Verse 3
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) |
When you gonna give it to me, give it to me. It is just a matter of time, Sharona.
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) |
Is it just destiny, destiny? Or is it just a game in my mind, Sharona?
Bridge 3
| G5 | G5 |
Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a dirty mind.
| Bb5 | Bb5 |
Always get it up for the touch of the younger kind.
| C Eb | Eb F |
My my my i yi woo.
| G5 | G5 |
M M M M M M M M.
| C Eb | Eb F |
My my my i yi woo.
Chorus 3
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | G5 (F#) |
M M M My Sharona. M M M My Sharona.
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | G5 |
M M M My Sharona. M M M My Sharona.
Solo 2
||: C G/C | F/C G/C :||
||: C G | F G :|| x27
| C G | F G | D5 | D5 N.C | 2/4 N.C |
Instrumental 2
||: G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | G5 (F#) :||
Outro
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) |
Ohhhhh, ah. My Sharona.
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) |
Ohhhhh, ah. My Sharona.
| G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb |
Ohhhhh, ah. My Sharona
My Sharona chords, progressions, and modal interchanges
The Knack‘s worldwide hit My Sharona is built around a chord riff consisting of an octave bass (G) and two quick chords that feels like V – IV, C – Bb, like this:
||: G5 | G5 (F#) | G5 | C Bb (F#) :||
This is very angular as V – IV, C – Bb are from the key of F. Once the bridge enters, things get even stranger as we initially feel the comfort of a G Minor Pentatonic, like this:
| G5 | G5 | Bb5 | Bb5 | C Eb | Eb F |
G – Bb – C is G Minor Pentatonic, Eb and F are IV and V from the relative major key of Bb, again, angular.
Chorus 1, 3, and outro are the same as the initial riff, chorus 2 leaves C – Bb out.
To summarise, what we have so far is fragments of:
- G Minor Pentatonic
- F major (C – Bb are V – IV)
- Bb major (Eb – F are IV – V)
Next up we have the first solo, here the chords go a bit nuts again, like this:
||: Csus4 C Ebadd9 | Ebadd9 Eb F Eb F | G5 | G5 :||
This is a combination of F major (Csus4, G octave riff) and Bb major (Eb – F is IV – V). The last two bars go to D5, sending us back to the G riff.
I guess we could say most of My Sharona is in G Dorian. Then using a modal interchange, we go to G Aeolian/Bb Ionian.
Finally, the 2nd solo is yet another modal interchange to G Mixolydian as the chords are now from C major:
||: C G | F G :||
All this means that My Sharona is a feast in modal interchange. G is Dorian, Aeolian, and Mixolydian depending on where you are in the tune.
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The Knack
Formed during the late 70s in Los Angeles, The Knack burst onto the scene with their debut single My Sharona.
When they couldn’t follow it up and simultaneously were accused of ripping off The Beatles, the band called it a day in the early 80s.
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